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Hi there! We are a South African family finishing a refit of an Island Spirit yacht. For now we are based in Langebaan, South Africa and we have great plans to explore the open ocean for the next few years. We are originally from Ballito, owned a home that we built ourselves in 1993 - grew our family, made many memories and decided to sell up after 25 years. This wasn't a rash decision on our part - it took 7 years of planning and organizing to be able to make this all happen, another year and a half to find the right boat and now another good few months working on her. We are now the proud new owners of Saoirse (sur-sha) a 38ft Island Spirit. Our Yacht originally was built in 1999 and capsized. The previous owner started the refit in 2010 and we took over in 2019. Follow our videos of trying to get our new home up and running and hopefully soon we will be able to share our adventures. Please like, subscribe and share if you find our content interesting.

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I apologise in advance for the amount of tears in this video, it has taken us a while in the hopes that we could make it through it a little bit stronger but it doesn't seem possible. Robin was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2023. Saoirse was a dream and a goal that we set in motion 13 years ago....
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This video was difficult to make in so many ways. Packing up Saoirse in the hopes of selling her was tough, we wanted to leave her in new owner ready condition which meant clearing her out, deep cleaning, fixing and making sure she was in tip top shape. It is always a difficult task in Trinidads heat....
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We turned back south from Antigua towards our end destination - Trinidad. We wanted to get south for hurricane season and to try to get Saoirse hauled out and safe as early as possible in the season. We planned for a good enough weather window to allow us to get to Grenada while stopping every evening...
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Antigua has had some of the clearest water we’ve every experienced! We anchored in Falmouth harbour for about 5 weeks so Colben and Teagan could complete their sailing courses they needed for their new job in the BVI’s. We enjoyed amazing views off of the back of Saoirse, we had eagle rays, sting...
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We left Guadeloupe and headed further north to Antigua 💙 We waited for a “perfect” weather window to head across in but the weather Gods were against us ONCE AGAIN. We headed out expecting great conditions only to be hit with squall after squall and big seas that were beam on. It was completely...
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We get to see some pretty beautiful sunrises on our travels ❤️🌅 #travel #travelvlog #travelinsoldiercodyjohnson #travelingrobert #travelsongs #travelingwilburys #travelinsoldier #traveltips #travelruby #travellingdesi #travelinsoldierdixiechicks #travellight #travellovemusic #traveltorussia #traveltrailer...
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We sailed to Guadeloupe and got to snorkel at Pigeon Island in the Jacques Cousteau reserve. Our full video is up on our YouTube channel ⛵️❤️ #travel #travelvlog #travelinsoldiercodyjohnson #travelingrobert #travelsongs #travelingwilburys #travelinsoldier #traveltips #travelruby #travellingdesi...
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We left Les Saints for Guadeloupe, we had beautiful wind and calm seas. We arrived at Bouillante, a little town on the west side of Guadeloupe. We had heard of the amazing hot springs that flow into the bay and we had to go and try it out. The hot springs are supposedly full of nutrients and minerals...
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Les Saintes is a group of 5 islands off of the south coast of Guadeloupe. It was one of our top 5 places we’ve stopped at in the Caribbean. It is quaint, occasionally quiet, and beautiful to explore. With the islands being so small it is easy to walk around or rent an electric bicycle. Only 2 of the...
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